Army Navy join to wipe out U boat menace on seas and air
The United States unites commands to fight Axis submarines with army air units under naval sea frontier command while coast waters face intensified patrols. The move parallels MacArthur’s South Pacific authority and follows earlier Hawaiian and canal zone consolidations. Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrington
INS
United States
Army
Navy
United Nations
Atantic
Sast
Pacific
Longwerge
Mechiiham
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Philip Ines
pHawali
Peshi Harbor
Plane production aims to reach 60,000 by fall says NAM chief
Washington March 27 William Witherow president of the National Association of Manufacturers testified that current plane output runs about 42,200 a year and that the 60,000 annual goal set by President Roosevelt will be reached next fall He spoke before the House Naval Affairs Committee amid debate on the Smith bill and wartime profits measures He opposed the bill's formula and urged recapturing excess war profits while noting controversy over the closed shop and labor controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
William. Witherow
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Witherow
House
Naval Affairs
Smith
Mott
R-Ore
Bisw-Knox Co
Fiteburgh
War Cost Rises To 160 Billion
Washington March 27 big wartime appropriation bill totaling 18.3 billion dollars mainly for the army cleared the House today as President Roosevelt ordered a rapid lend-lease shipment to Russia. The package includes 2.2 billion for lend-lease and lifts defense appropriations to 160 billion since July 4 1940. Secretary Stimson outlined plans for desert and air warfare with 8 000 desert troops and three parachute regiments. The bill funds 31 070 airplanes with spare parts and ordnance and sets a target of 60 000 planes in 1942 and 125 000 in 1943. Navy official Forrestal warned shipyards facing steel and tool shortages may miss schedules. The committee opposed a 2 218 000 fund for a civilian army specialist corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Stimson
House
Appropriations Committee
James V- Forrestal
Navy
Effort to Impair Morale Charged
Atty. Gen. Biddle authorized the arrest and prosecution of Rudolph Fahl of Denver for attempting to impair the morale and loyalty of the military. FBI found he told air corps officers at Lowry field that they were suckers and not fighting for democracy. He allegedly criticized Roosevelt and the United States allies. Maximum penalty ten years and ten thousand dollars. First such case since the war began. more expected.
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Washington
Biddle
Rudolph Fahl
Denver
Justice Department
FBI
Lowryfield
Colo
Fahl
Air Corps
Las Vegas
Nova
Lowry Field
Department
Roosevelt
United States
Transportation Difficulty Hampers Nazi Offensive
Berlin and Rome correspondents of Swiss newspapers say German supply lines are strained as they prepare a spring offensive aimed for the third week of April. Key points to hold include Staraya Russa Vyazma Moscow Orel Kursk Kviv and Taganrog on the Sea of Azov route to the Caucasus oil fields. Istanbul observers foresee a possible concurrent strike in the Mediterranean area.
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Bern
Wene Agase
Starayya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Wiet Ceeman
Vyazma
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
K Vv
Ukraine
Donets
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Caucasian
Berlin
Rome
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Istanbul
Germany
Russia
United Nations
Mediterranean
Greece
CIO Chief Speaks At Welch For Miners Holiday
Philip Murray, successor to John L. Lewis as CIO president, is to address the miners next Wednesday in Welch as 36,000 workers from southern fields gather for the eight hour day observance. A. Bittner will headline rallies at Oak Hill and Smithers, with Gov. Neely speaking at Oak Hill first.
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Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Murray
Welch
Bittner
Oak Himan
A. Bittner
Umwa District 17
Oak Hill
Smithers
Fayette County
Neely
Patrol Changes Chiefs
Earle L. Johnson of Painesville Ohio was named national commander of the Civil Air Patrol by OCD Director James M. Landis. He succeeds Maj. Gen. John Curry who returns to active duty in the Army Air Force after Curry’s administration Johnson served as executive officer and is an aeronautical enthusiast with a commercial pilot’s license and Ohio director of aeronautics.
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Washington
INS
Earle L. Johnson
Painesville
OCD
James M. Landis
Civil Air Patrol
Jonn ¥. Curry
Army Air Force
Johnson
Commercia
State of
Ohio
Gen. Curry
Arnold Would Ban Cartels in American Business Life
Assistant Attorney General Thurce man Arnold urged Congress to require registration and full disclosure of all agreements between American and foreign firms. He cited Standard Oil of New Jersey and I G Farben as a guinea pig example of cartel practices harming US synthetic rubber and material supply. He said Farben had over 100 cartel arrangements in the US and warned ongoing cases create national inefficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thurceman Arnold
Congress
Arnold
Standard Oil
New Jersey
I. G. Farben
Germany
Senate
Standard
United States
J. G. Farben
Justice Department
Trade of Secrets Is U S Triumph
New York report says Standard Oil of New Jersey gained the lion’s share in a swap of trade secrets with LG Farbenindustrie. Standard provided German partners with a secretly developed process for making butyl synthetic rubber. Germany reportedly used its petroleum mainly for gasoline. Captured German military equipment reportedly shows no wide use of the butyl rubber from the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wide World
Sam
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
LG Farbenindustrie
Standard Oil
Germany
Standard
Amazing Feat Hits Germans At Murmansk
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet troops landed behind German lines near Murmansk on the Arctic front, thwarting a planned Nazi offensive. The operation boosted defense in depth at the key port used to unload American and British supplies, with Red air cover and warships guarding the landing as Germans deployed bombers in a bid to dislodge the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Navy
Landa
Moscow
INS
Arctic
Murmansk
Moscow Radio
Archangel
Rybashi
Red
Don’t Boost Pork Prices, OPA Urges Consumers
The OPA urged butcher shops and retail meat markets not to raise pork prices beyond mid March levels and asked consumers to protest any increases and report them. Officials set a wholesale pork price ceiling March 23 to protect dealers, while warning of action against price gouging. The agency cited limited supplies and urged buying less pork to aid the war effort as pork supplies and pig crops stabilize.
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INS
OPA
Dan A. West
Lend-Lease
United Nations
Million Dollar Check Miscount Prompts Return
Chicago March 27. Lawyer Arthur H Schwab opened a client check from West Virginia for 1 000 000 20 dollars and, after reviewing his ledger, concluded it should have been 20 dollars. The check was drawn on the Kanae Valley bank of Charleston West Virginia.
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Chicago
Arthur H. Schwab
West Virginia
Schwab
Kanae
Charleston
Help Reaches Chinese Encircled at Toungoo Airdrome Recaptured
Australia and British press report Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey takes command of Allied ground forces in Australia as Quezon and cabinet arrive from the Philippines. Koe pang and Port Moresby raids continue while Australian airmen return from Britain and North Africa.
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Toungoo
U. S. Army
Australia
Middle East
Sir Thomas Blamey
Supreme Command
Wen
Vouglas Macartour
Quezon
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Gen. Blamey
Libya
Britain
North Africa
Blamey
Greece
Crete
Syria
Hindenburg
Lestie James Morshead
Tobruk
G6th
Atth
Lenburg
Gallipoli Campa
France
Francis Forde
Bismey
Auia
Neely seeks grand jury probe of Sweet Springs purchase
Gov Neely urged Intermediate Judge D Jackson Savage to order a grand jury to thoroughly investigate West Virginia’s purchase last year of Old Sweet Springs in Monroe County now used as a tuberculosis sanitarium. He offered to testify and submit all records and urged the publisher of a local newspaper be compelled to reveal facts under oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely
D. Jackson Savage
Old Sweet Springs
Monroe County
Savage
J. Blackburn Watts
West Virginia
Ship program almost up with FDR’s goal says Forrestal
Washington March 27 Undersecretary James W Forrestal told the house appropriations committee that shipyards are not yet up to Roosevelt eight million ton goal for the year He cited steel plant and machine tool deficiencies as the main hurdle but noted rapid wartime conversion of the auto industry. He said other industries could produce far more than expected if raw materials are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James W. Forrestal
Congress
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Ack-Acks Repel Japanese Raid on Corregidor
Washington reports American and Philippine anti-aircraft units shot down at least seven Japanese bombers this week as dawn to midnight raids on Corregidor were repelled. General Wainwright notes AA fire kept planes high, limiting bombing damage though Manila Bay was targeted.
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Washington
Corregidor
War Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Manila Bay
Department
Colin Kelly
Haruna
Wainwright
Bataen
Senate approves seating of North Dakota's Langer
Washington March 27 The senate voted 52 to 30 to seat William Langer a Republican as senator from North Dakota a post to which he was elected in November A 45 to 37 margin decided that unless two thirds of those balloting on the removal resolution approved it Langer should remain in office A majority of the senate elections committee had sought to unseat the former North Dakota governor by a simple majority vote on charges of alleged moral turpitude prior to his election.
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Washington
Senate
William Langer
North Dakota
Nihloh
Chamber
Langer
Senate Elections Committee
Sabotage in Michigan War Plants Reported by Governor
Detroit March 27 Gov Murray Van Wagner said there is widespread evidence of sabotage in Michigan war plants. He spoke at a conference of the industrial protection institute noting that to his knowledge no faulty implements have come from Michigan plants and that reports arrive almost daily.
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Detroit
INS
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
Industrial Protection Institute
Allied Position Remains Grave as Battle Looms in Burma
Chinese communique says Allied lines in eastern Burma hold against Japanese efforts to seize Toungoo airfield. Reinforcements boost Chinese defense while Japan shifts troops to western, southern, and northern Toungao fronts. British periodic air raids and land maneuvers press enemy near Prome. Gen Alexander visits Chiang Kai-shek to discuss Burma provisions. Fox-like air battles and naval activity persist near Andaman.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Toungoo
Toungao
Sivas
Bethereh
Taungoo
Kyungon
Chunking
H. Ros Co. Alexander
Chiang Kei-shek
Alexander
Chiang Kai-shek
Rome
Prome
Mor Uy Alon
Sayyeeu
Opho
Bengal Bay
Andaman Islands
Throng Saves Tires From Burned Truck Near Ripley
A truck burned near Kenna one mile south of Ripley. Despite the blaze destroying the vehicle, the tire casings were saved. Driver Dean Hupp, 21, of Ravenswood, remained in Ripley hospital with serious burns.
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Throng
Kenna
Ripley
Dean Hupp
Ravens~ Wood
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Knox
FDR
Nam
Willie Willis
MacArthur
Curtin
Pilegas Oy
Southwest Pacific
Canberra
John Curtin
Melbourne
London
Parachute Regiments
Special Desert Corps
Hitler
Thomas F. Hawkins
CI0
Ohioan
New Heads
Civil Air Branch
U. S
Trade of Secrets
U.S. Triumph
America
Smolensk
Sweet Springs
Grand Jury
Manila
Quster
Saya
Beck
Gen
Chiang
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